magnate
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (America) IPA: /ˈmæɡneɪt/, /ˈmæɡnət/
magnate (plural magnates)
- Powerful industrialist; captain of industry.
- 2014, Jennifer Hayward, The Magnate's Manifesto, Harlequin (ISBN 9781460343555), page 2:
- With a suitable amount of life experience under her belt, she sat down and conjured up the sexiest, most delicious Italian wine magnate she could imagine, had him make his biggest mistake, and gave him a wife on the run.
- 2015, Rod Judkins, The Art of Creative Thinking, Hachette UK (ISBN 9781444794472)
- Sir Richard Branson is an English business magnate, best known as the founder of the multimillion-pound Virgin Group, which consists of more than four hundred companies.
- I have decided to become an oil magnate, after spending quite some time reading the dictionary definition of the word magnate.
- 2014, Jennifer Hayward, The Magnate's Manifesto, Harlequin (ISBN 9781460343555), page 2:
- A person of rank, influence or distinction in any sphere.
- 1839 November 2, "Brindley in Manchester", New Moral World, page 857.
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- 1839 November 2, "Brindley in Manchester", New Moral World, page 857.
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